English Verbs List With Gujarati Meaning
Level: intermediate
Two-part verbs
Some verbs are two-part verbs. They consist of a verb and a particle:
- Welcome to the 10th lesson about verbs in Gujarati. We will first learn about the present tense, followed by the past tense, and future tense.We will also analyze some grammar rules, and finally practice how to ask for direction in Gujarati.
- Confusing Verbs There are many verbs that sound similar and it’s easy to get confused between them. Here is a list of some of the most common confusing verb pairs, their meanings and examples of how they should be used in a sentence.
grow + up
The children are growing up.
Often this gives the verb a new meaning:
take + after
She takes after her mother.
(= She looks like her mother or she behaves like her mother.)
In Gujarati some verbs are આવવું (AvavuM),જવું (javuM), બોલવું (bolavuM), બેસવું (besavuM), ખાવું (khAvuM)etc. While using verb in English sentence we strip 'to' out of it. Some verbs which can take both forms have a change in meaning depending on whether the verb is followed by the gerund or the infinitive. Here is an explanation of these verbs with examples to help provide context. Forms of verb or for that matter the verb itself is an integral part of English. Verb comes from the Latin verbum, a word. It is so called because it is the most important part in a sentence. It is the word that tells or asserts something about a person or thing. Different forms of verbs are must to built a tense.
count + on
I know I can count on you.
(= I know I can trust you or I know I can believe you.)
Some two-part verbs have only one pattern:
Subject | Verb | Particle | Object |
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The children | are growing | up. | – |
She | takes | after | her mother. |
I | can count | on | you. |
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But other two-part verbs have two different patterns. The usual pattern is:
Noun (subject) | Verb | Noun (object) | Particle |
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She | gave | the money | back. |
He | knocked | the glass | over. |
We | will be leaving | our friends | behind. |
but sometimes these verbs have the pattern:
Noun (subject) | Verb | Particle | Noun (object) |
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She | gave | back | the money. |
He | knocked | over | the glass. |
We | will be leaving | behind | our friends. |
When the object is a personal pronoun, phrasal verbs always have the first pattern:
She gave it back. (NOT She gave back it.)
He knocked it over. (NOT He knocked over it.)
We will be leaving them behind. (NOT We will be leaving behind them.)
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Common verbs with their most frequent particles are:
bring | about, along, back, forward, in, off, out, round, up |
buy | out, up |
call | off, up |
carry | off, out |
cut | back, down, off, out, up |
give | away, back, off |
hand | back, down, in, on, out, over, round |
knock | down, out, over |
leave | behind, out |
let | down, in, off, out |
pass | down, over, round |
point | out |
push | about, around, over |
put | across, away, down, forward, off, on, out, through, together, up |
read | out |
set | apart, aside, back, down |
shut | away, in, off, out |
take | apart, away, back, down, in, on, up, over |
think | over, through, up |
Three-part verbs
Some verbs are made up of three parts:a verb and two particles.They have the pattern:
Noun (subject) | Verb | Particle | Particle | Noun (object) |
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His girlfriend | walked | out | on | him. |
She | caught | up | with | the other runners. |
Children | should look | up | to | their parents. |
Common three-part verbs are:
catch up with | get on with | look up to | stick up for |
face up to | look forward to | put up with | walk out on |
get away with | look down on | run away with | watch out for |
A few verbs have the pattern:
Noun (subject) | Verb | Noun (object of verb) | Particle | Particle | Noun (object of particle) |
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We | talked | them | out | of | leaving. |
She | put | his mistakes | down | to | inexperience. |
Verbs like this are:
do out of | put down to | take out on |
let it on | put up to | talk out of |

- Three-part verbs 1
- Three-part verbs 2
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There are many verbs that sound similar and it’s easy to get confused between them. Here is a list of some of the most common confusing verb pairs, their meanings and examples of how they should be used in a sentence.
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Verb | Meaning/ Use | The Verb in Context |
borrow | To take a loan | Can I borrow $20 from you please? |
lend | To give a loan | I will lend you $20. |
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do | To carry out activities or tasks | He needs to do his homework. |
make |
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can |
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may |
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meet |
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know |
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waste | To fail to use something valuable in an effective way |
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spend |
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lie |
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lay | To put, place or set down |
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bring | To carry towards someone or somewhere | He brings me flowers every week. |
take | To carry away from someone or somewhere | He always takes his brother to hockey games. |
adopt | To take or claim as one’s own | They adopted a child from Vietnam last year. |
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raise | to make higher | The government is raising the price of fuel. |
emigrate | To leave a country | Joshua emigrated from the UK in 2001. |
immigrate | To move to another country | She immigrated to Canada in 2002. |
Exercises – Confusing verbs
English To Gujarati Meaning

Choose the correct word from the parenthesis at the end of the sentence as in the example.
- As a child, I spent each summer in France with my grandmother. (spent/wasted)
- I have already ____ to the customs in this new country I live in. (adapted / adopted)
- Ed ______ Suzanne at a single’s party last month. (met / knew)
- The girls ____ money from their father to buy their mom a gift. (lent / borrowed)
- My father _______ the American flag on all US holidays. (raises / rises)
- He’s ________ down because he doesn’t feel well. (laying / lying)
- Cho left China and _______ to Australia in 1998. (emigrated / immigrated)
- I don’t know how to do it, but I’m sure the service department ________ help you. (can / may)
- I hope you will _______ your job well. (make / do)
- Anna parties every night. It has started _______ her work. (effecting / affecting)
- Please turn off the lights. We don’t like to _____ energy. (spend / waste)
English Verbs List With Gujarati Meanings
Answers:
English To Gujarati Translation
- adapted
- met
- borrowed
- raises
- lying
- immigrated
- can
- do
- affecting
- waste